Saturday 7 May 2016 23:14, UK
Lyon blew away Monaco to secure automatic qualification for the Champions League next season.
The teams went into the match level on 62 points in the race for second place but Lyon were the side in form and they scored four times in the first half on the way to a crushing 6-1 victory.
With a far superior goal difference and only one match remaining, Lyon are now certain to finish ahead of their rivals.
They were two up after only nine minutes through Rachid Ghezzal and Alexandre Lacazette, and things got worse for Monaco when Lacina Traore was sent off for a second yellow card just 23 minutes in.
Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa and Lacazette then scored within a minute to make it four 10 minutes before half-time.
Monaco, who had a 10-point lead over Lyon two months ago, pulled one back through Ricardo Carvalho before the break but Yanga-Mbiwa scored again and Lacazette completed his hat-trick nine minutes from time.
Monaco now face a fight to hold on to third place, with Nice only two points adrift following their 2-0 win over nine-man St Etienne.
Nice began the day a point behind their opponents but red cards for Kevin Malcuit and Franck Tabanou swung the match in their favour and they managed to capitalise with two late goals from Valere Germain.
Champions Paris St Germain set a new points record as Edinson Cavani's hat-trick and one from Zlatan Ibrahimovic earned them a 4-0 victory over Ajaccio.
PSG only needed a point to surpass their own high mark of 89 points set two seasons ago.
At the bottom, Toulouse climbed out of the relegation places with a 1-0 win over already-relegated Troyes. Oscar Trejo scored the only goal in the 54th minute.
Reims remain deep in trouble after losing 1-0 to Marseille - Michy Batshuayi netting in the 56th minute.
Cheick Diabate scored twice in Bordeaux's 3-0 win over Lorient while Casemir Ninga and Ryad Boudebouz were on target in Montpellier's 2-0 victory against Rennes.
Caen look set for a top-10 finish after beating Nantes 2-1 and Yannick Cahuzac's goal gave Bastia a 1-0 victory over Angers.
But Lille's European hopes took a hit as they were held to a goalless draw by Guingamp.
